Eduardo Chillida

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print aquatint etching

1998

Eduardo Chillida (Spain, 1924-2002) 'Estampa VI', 1998 It belongs to the folder "La indetenible quietud" that includes 6 etchings by Eduardo Chillida and 32 poems by Clara Janés. aqu...

Eduardo Chillida (Spain, 1924-2002) 'Munich', 1994 etching, aquatint on paper gray Eskulan 31.5 x 23.9 in. (80 x 60.5 cm.) Edition of 119 (of which 98 correspond to the Arabic numbered edition). P/A: XX (20) Unframed ID: CHI1038-009 Hand-signed by author It appears reviewed in the catalog raisonné “Eduardo Chillida – Opus P.III. 1986-1996”, Chorus – Verlag. Page 278, cat. 94015. ____________________________________________________ He began his career in 1943 studying architecture at the University of Madrid, but in 1947 he dedicated himself to drawing and sculpture, and in 1948 he moved to Paris, then the world capital of the arts. Although he abandoned his studies, his work betrays his architectural training, showing an underlying sense of structural organization, as well as discipline in materials, planning of spatial relationships, and scale of elements. Over the years, the artist turned to materials that showed his investigations into conceptual questions and metaphysical concerns. Chillida's first stone and plaster creations oscillated between the human world and the natural world using figures and images of landscapes. Consistently guided by the quality of space, density and rhythm, his works consider ways in which mass and volume contain space. His public works, which exist on a more massive scale, not only inhabit the space but also determine a qualifying space of their own. His monumental sculptures, designed for both urban and more secluded spaces, are permanently installed internationally and constitute an important facet of his artistic production. The main retrospectives of Chillida's graphic and sculptural work have been mounted by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (1966); Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (1979); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1979); Guggenheim Museum (1980); Miramar Palace, San Sebastián (1992); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1999). Chillida received numerous awards, including the Grand International Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1958), the Kandinsky Prize (1960), the Carnegie Prize for Sculpture (1964), the Andrew Mellon...

Antoni Tapies (Spain, 1923-2012) 'Oval i blanc', 1982 etching, aquatint, carborundum on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 22.1 x 30 in. (56 x 76 cm.) Edition of 99 Unframed ID: TAP1162-018 H...

"El Exilio de Los Sentidos", 2005 Poem by Alberto Blanco, and works by Manuel Felguérez, Helen Escobedo, Perla Krauze, Francisco Castro Leñero, and Boris Viskin...

Covers 3 Cobalt (Abstract print) Aquatint made with oil based Charbonnel Etching Ink, printed on 100% rag paper Copperplate Warm White. - Unframed. "Edition 3 of 20. This piece is part of a series titled ""Covers"", it pays homage to the graphic style of album covers, paperback book covers and media that permeated mid-century popular culture. Her use of singular color accentuates the interplay of ground, foreground relationships. Freeman tries to merge random gestures and idiosyncratic shapes with a controlled and reductive abstract language. Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching, using copper...

Covers 4 Viridian (Abstract print) Aquatint made with oil based Charbonnel Etching Ink, printed on 100% rag paper Copperplate Warm White. - Unframed. "Edition 6 of 20. This piece...

Covers 1 Ultramarine (Abstract print) Aquatint made with oil based Charbonnel Etching Ink, printed on 100% rag paper Copperplate Warm White. - Unframed. "Edition 4 of 20. This pi...

Signed in pencil, lower right, 'Jacques Villon' (French, 1875-1963) and with number and limitation, '19/150', lower left. Additionally signed in plate, lower left, 'Jacques Villon', ...